# Mamdani prepares to fulfill promise to axe NYPD unit responsible for controlling protest violence

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mamdani-prepares-to-fulfill-promise-to-axe-nypd-unit-responsible-for-controlling-protest-violence/
- Published: 2026-11-12T22:02:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T23:40:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-prepares-fulfill-promise-axe-nypd-unit-responsible-controlling-protest-violence
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Mamdani plans to disband the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group.
- The unit combines protest response and counterterrorism duties.
- The NYPD said it was available at about 6% of 2025 protests.

## Summary

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is preparing to announce plans to disband the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group, according to reports, advancing a campaign promise. The proposal matters because the unit handles both responses to protests and counterterrorism, raising questions about how those responsibilities would be reassigned.

Mamdani has said the two functions should be separated, and a spokesperson confirmed the administration intends to disband the unit and separate protest response from counterterrorism. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the SRG was available at 245 of the 4,255 protests held in 2025, about 6 per cent, and was generally deployed when protests involved criminal activity. City Hall has reportedly considered placing the unit under a new Office of Community Safety, with an executive order among the options.

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